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Looking for a no-sew super quick summer crochet pattern? I got you! Make this little whale in less than one hour and enjoy playing with colors to personalize it!

About :

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This pattern is written using US terms and is worked in continuous rounds, unless stated otherwise. If you use different hooks and yarn sizes, you may have to change safety eyes accordingly. Using the listed materials, the plushie will be around 10 cm tall and 15 cm wide.

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Materials :

• 4.5 mm hook

• 12 mm safety eyes (Buy here)

• Stitch Marker

• Fiber fill (Buy here)

• Yarn needles

• Chenille yarn 100 gr./120 m. Honey bunny (Buy here)

Abbreviations:

• MR – Magic ring

• CH – Chain

• SC – Single Crochet

• INC – Increase

• DEC – Invisible Decrease

• BLO – Back loop only

• CC – Color change

For this pattern, we will use the no-sew technique to attach body parts to the body, so we will crochet them first. If you prefer, you can also sew them instead.

Fins x 2

n blue.

Rnd 1. Make 6 sc into MR (6)

Rnd 2 to 3. (2 rounds) 6 sc (6)

Do not stuff. Fasten off.

Tail

In blue.

Rnd 1. Make 8 sc into MR

Rnd 2. 8 sc (8)

Make 2, fasten off the first one and leave a small tail to sew the gap between the parts after joining them.

Do not fasten off the second one and continue to work from there.

Rnd 3. Insert the hook in the first part and make 8 dec all around both parts (8)

Sew the hole with the tail left

before.

Rnd 4 to 6. (3 rounds) 8 sc (8)

Do not stuff. Fasten off.

Head to body

To make a neat color change watch my video tutorial! Click here

Make a chain of 7 ch, start in the second chain from the hook.

Rnd 1. 5 sc, 3 sc into the corner stitch (the last one), continue working on the other side of the chain, 4 sc, inc. (14)

Rnd 2. 2 inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc, inc (20)

Rnd 3. (1sc, inc) x2, 3 sc, (1sc, inc) x3, 6 sc, inc (26)

Rnd 4. (2sc, inc) x2, 3 sc, (2sc, inc) x3, 7 sc, inc (32)

Rnd 5 to 8. (4 rounds) 32 sc (32)

In the next round we will crochet the fins and the tail to the body with the no-sew technique. (Video tutorial)

To do so, flatten the body part and crochet the indicated sc through both sides of the body part and the body.

Rnd 9. 8 sc, 3 sc with the fin, 5 sc, 4 sc with the tail, 5 sc, 3 sc with the fin, 4 sc (32) CC to white

Rnd 10. 32 sc (32)

Rnd 11. (2sc, dec) x2, 3 sc, (2sc, dec) x3, 7 sc, dec (26)

Insert safey eyes between rounds 8/9, 6 stitches apart. Embroider the cheeks between rounds 9/10. Start filling with fiberfill and continue to fill as you go.

Rnd 12.(1sc, dec) x2, 3 sc, (1sc, dec) x3, 6 sc, dec (20)

Rnd 13. 2 dec, 3 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc, dec (14)

Rnd 14. 7 dec (7)

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing. With a yarn needle, insert the tail in the FLO of the 7 stitches left, then pull firmly to close it.

Water splash

Attach some white yarn between rounds 1/2, in the middle as shown in the picture, leave a long tail at the beginning.

Make a chain of 4 ch, start in 2nd ch from hook and make 3 slst down the chain. Now insert your hook again in the same stitch where you’ve started and repeat the pattern until you have 3 “splashes”.

Fasten off leaving a long tail. With a yarn needle, insert both tails inside the body and bring them out in the same stitch.

Make a knot to secure it and hide it inside.

Congrats!

You’ve finished your little whale! I hope you had fun making it and I’d love to see yours! Please tag me on Instagram @hugurumitoys if you post them!

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